In yet another overclocking feat using AMD's Phenom II series processors, Team Finland set a new 3DMark06 world-record score of 35,698 3DMarks. The team consisted of renowned overclockers Petri "SF3D" Korhonen Sampsa Kurri and Sami "macci" Mäkinen. The team used AMD's DDR3-supportive AM3 platform and used high-performance DDR3 memory to demonstrate its overclocking capabilities. The bench consisted of:

As NordicHardware notes, for the first time in ages, an AMD-platform topped 3DMark06 Hall of Fame, crossing the previous record holder by 150 3DMarks. Validations of the score can be found here. A video of the feat has been posted on YouTube, and can be viewed here.

Meh, didn't beat the CPU top score, seems like the main reason for breaking the record was the HD4870x2's. Considering there is a single GTX295 only 1000 points away in 4th place with 2000 more in the CPU score using an i7.

Of course Intel has a faster CPU. Of course the 295 is faster. But then again thats not the point is it? The point is the new record is being held by AMD/ATI and with that being said the base setup is a lot cheaper to boot. Stop hatting!

Of course Intel has a faster CPU. Of course the 295 is faster. But then again thats not the point is it? The point is the new record is being held by AMD/ATI and with that being said the base setup is a lot cheaper to boot. Stop hatting!

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Holding the top spot in a race where no-one is trying anymore isn't really something to be proud of IMO.

Of course Intel has a faster CPU. Of course the 295 is faster. But then again thats not the point is it? The point is the new record is being held by AMD/ATI and with that being said the base setup is a lot cheaper to boot. Stop hatting!

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I'm an amd fanboy cut me some slack. It is nice to see amd up there but the benchmark must be biased if better hardware isn't beating it.

Of course Intel has a faster CPU. Of course the 295 is faster. But then again thats not the point is it? The point is the new record is being held by AMD/ATI and with that being said the base setup is a lot cheaper to boot. Stop hatting!

Sweet thats nice to see AMD/ATI at the top and by ppl saying that nvidia is faster and blah blah yes it maybe true but like i always thought ATI has always had better driver support and fixes and usually actually know how to code unlike nvidia they seem to finally iron out there drivers just when they release there next version of video card and then they have to do it all over again trying to iron out the bugs and performance issues just before there next card comes out

I would rather have a little slower card with more stability and even performance then a card thats really fast but unstable and uneven performance in games

This is awesome for AMD/ATI but see they used LN2. Now people like us the most we can get is really good watercooling, but we don't have the license or money to my LN2. So, Intel is still faster and the 295 on air and water.